They showed her training with the staff and adapting those moves to a light saber. She is not fighting a classical fencing styletremble said:bobinator said:
Rey's lightsaber skills are another thing that people are talking about but doesn't bother me. She was kicking ass with a big stick before she had the lightsaber, and we already know she's incredibly strong with the force so her reactions would clearly be faster than any normal person anyway.
I would have been fine with them giving Rey a saber-staff or spear or something similar. Having her be a martial arts expert in all forms of weapon-based combat makes absolutely no sense to me, at all.
Part of the problem is that the OT and the prequels already established the fact that lightsabers are ****ing hard to use.
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